2 Juniors Win Youth Tour To Washington

July 13, 1986|By Debbie Manis of The Sentinel Staff

Mikki Barber, 17, Center Hill, and Howard Scott McGregor, 17, Minneola, were recent winners of the Sumter Electric Cooperative youth tour to Washington. The students joined other high school juniors from around the nation participating in the event sponsored by the rural electrification cooperative.

The two were the highest scoring male and female participants in SECO's annual oral quiz relating to rural electrification and the cooperative. Contestants were judged on their overall knowledge of material that was supplied to them earlier by the organization, speaking ability, poise, personality and appearance.

The first contest was held in 1964 to expose young people to government in action, said John J. Sisler, SECO general manager.

-- Paul Erickson, Leesburg, was awarded a scholarship for the Honors Piano Camp at Florida State University in Tallahassee, which he attended recently.

Mary Kristina Wright, Tavares, recently was named recipient of a George C. Wallace leader scholarship to Troy State University in Alabama.

Bryan Moon, Tavares, recently was awarded a $500 scholarship from Dr. Robert Hux, a general surgeon at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, in memory of his father William Hux. Sandy Inman, Leesburg, received a $250 scholarship from Hux in memory of Hux's longtime housekeeper Ada Tisdale.

-- The Society of Distinguished American High School Students selected 11 students from the Eustis and Tavares area to be members in its honor society. Newly selected members are: Kim Norman, Bob McMahon, Keith Bender, Rob Dye, Scott Johnson, Dorothy Sandell, Eric Buxman, Chris Bender, Holly Busco, Scott Speaks and Nancy Little. As members they will have the opportunity to compete for college scholarships through the Society's National Awards Program.

The students' sponsor, the Rev. Mary E. Sample, was presented with the Society's National Appreciation Award.

-- The South Lake Consolidation Task Force is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Clermont High School Media Center.